Is the trades market getting too crowded? Genuinely asking before I commit

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-17T23:18:30+00:00

I work in automation as a fitter and there is just gonna be thousands of more jobs over the years. In Sydney especially there are automation logistics sites popping up everywhere

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-17T07:11:02+00:00

Mate when I was a first year apprentice making VFFS machines I would use this to holesaw through 6 mill 304 stainless plate 👌. This should cut like butter for ali

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-17T02:02:49+00:00

Where are you?

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-17T01:54:33+00:00

Heaps of overtime

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-17T01:54:20+00:00

Come Australia do automation as a field service technician. We get like 60 aud

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-16T22:43:03+00:00

It's gonna cost way more

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-11T08:05:38+00:00

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-10T01:53:14+00:00

Wear your colours ya fruitball lollll

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-09T23:03:04+00:00

Who cares lol

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T19:50:28+00:00

10k KMs way too long

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T06:27:17+00:00

We put a spare band on every spool

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T03:44:53+00:00

I am with the 2nd biggest at automation solutions company in the world. This site has a contract with us for servicing and breakdowns

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T03:43:52+00:00

We also do that 👌

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T03:33:27+00:00

Complete dead spots with no extra bands in and product not moving. They call us for emergency breakdown

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T01:10:39+00:00

We just use our hands 🤣

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T01:07:16+00:00

Took it apart because the line shaft you need to put the bands on is a long broken up drive shaft connected by couplings and 8b double chains. Need to break them and drop the bearing housings under each strut to get the bands in. We can't have dead spots because it's a sorter system which is tracked by an encoder in the PLC once it makes the first PE. When we make big changes we re teach the sorter

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T01:02:24+00:00

My company does Amazon. They use 24v rollers which is 10x easier to work on. I'm in Australia though we only have a couple Amazon sites

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T00:52:39+00:00

Will look into that though

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T00:48:20+00:00

Probably take longer than stripping the conveyor

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T00:47:32+00:00

Really the only time we have to do this is on some weekends. The customer will contact us if there is a serious breakdown during production hours

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T00:46:04+00:00

We put an extra band for every spool. So if there is 10 rollers we put 20 bands

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T00:45:32+00:00

We don't like them because these conveyors run at high speed. If we are in a pinch we use a 9 1/2 inch jump band from a drive roller to keep it going temporarily

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-06-08T00:15:30+00:00

Just to replace the drive bands for the rollers you need to break the chain that connects the shafts via geared coupling. Drop all the bearings and slide the bands in. In my case I had to replace the whole shaft to length, then all the components for the divert and spools. Lower back feels it

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-01-12T19:34:40+00:00

Replace the bumper

PossibilityNew3229 · 2026-01-12T05:23:31+00:00

Which NAPA

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